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Use in varieties of Scots

dumplin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.4 4.1 24.1 0 0 0 13.3
Number of occurrences278 16 0 0 0 3
Number of authors14 7 6 1

Occurrences of dumplin in Corpus

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Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
dy wi a fizzog like a clootie dumplin, wha wis sittin on the ither on page 91
'Spell whit, ya dumplin! Spell the word "whit'!' on page 145

2 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
wer ma front porch, deid as a dumplin!' on page 20

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
maks clootie dumplin fir yir birthday on page 48

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
e. "Ye have no done bad for a dumplin but ye winna come hame fae th on page 50

1 matches

McDermid, Val The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
nted tae be taen for a daupit dumplin, so a' the swanky court fowk on page 66

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
tcakes on the girdle. Clootie dumplin wi a wee sprackle o raisins a
1 matches

@fairpechtoot tweeted
As in 'clootie dumplin' :-) https://t.co/w1am3fpjA0(2018) search twitter

Doric

Reid, Adeline Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Clootie Duff, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
nt wis the care o the special dumplin cloot. on page 20
At the sicht o a weel fauret dumplin restin on a platter on page 21

4 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
If he should spew his dumplin on page 15

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
, stovies, hen-broth, clootie-dumplin, bannocks, breid an on page 90

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
lee. The corp o't's a cloutie dumplin, the wings is leafs o hollin, on page 42

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Sanners Gow's Tales and Folklore of the Buchan - The Clootie Dummmplin!, (Ayton Publishing 2017 ISBN: 978-1910601419) Doric - Banffshire, prose
come oot wi a slab o clootie dumplin. She’d speir at him ‘Wid
ut Ackers wiz that fond o her dumplin an tae Mrs Robson he praised
Robson he praised her clootie dumplin (or as she’d say clootie du
he plate a big slab o clootie dumplin lay on an teer aff anither fy
a bit rest an anither daad o dumplin tae sit an watch the ongyans.
7 matches

Noble, Brian , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
A bonny big dumplin biled in a cloot
1 matches

Ulster

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Diddle, Diddle Dumplin on page 21

3 matches

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